Posted by Barbara D.
on 26/10/2009, 8:44:50, in reply to "Re: title question?"
89.217.130.109
Depending on the publisher, an author hasn't too much influence on a book cover... A good friend of mine had a very, very intense 'fight' with her publisher about the cover - she won, but only because the publisher was so very eager to publish her book and my friend said, that she would withdraw her work if he doesn't agree. Of course, that's only one example - there are thousands and thousands others and one can't derive a rule out of this.
In Sarah Ferguson's case it could be the other way - she needs the royalty of the book sales, so I guess she accepts her publisher's wishes about the covers 
.
--Previous Message--
: Well as the author of the books she would
: still sign off on the cover and if the
: publishers in the US didn't know her proper
: styling she could have altered it. Im afraid
: Sarah doesn't mind using her royal
: connections and former title to earn her
: extra dollars miss Sarah Ferguson would not
: get. Im surprised BP hasn't protested
: against the use of the duchess of York on
: the covers of her books, they should have.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I don't think the problem is with Sarah, as
: she uses Sarah Ferguson. The majority sales
: of her books are in the United States, so
: her publishers are going for maximum
: publicity as the fascination with royalty
: and so add 'the Duchess of York'. Plain
: Sarah Ferguson doesn't have the same
: publicity value when looking at selling as
: many books as possible.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Thanks, i was confused by the bookcovers. I
: expected that Sarah would be so smart to get
: her own name right on them.
:
: --Previous Message--
: The THE should be left out. Technically too
: she's Sarah,Duchess of York or Sarah
: Ferguson. Not the both mixed together, she
: refers to herself as Sarah Ferguson (going
: by the way she's credited in Young Victoria,
: and also at a recent public speaking
: engagement where her name tag on the table
: infront of her says Sarah Ferguson.) I
: assume her marketing people prefer the
: Duchess of York moniker as there's the cache
: of a tenuous royal link.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I was always under the impression that since
: the divorce Sarah was Sarah Ferguson,
: duchess of York. She is however listed on
: both bookcovers as Sarah Ferguson, the
: duchess of York.
: So my question is if the addition THE is
: correct or should be left out?
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: Sarah Ferguson sells off rights to her
: children's books in the face of firm's
: £600,000 debts
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
Message Thread:
« Back to thread